pyrargyrite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ἄργῠρος (árguros, “silver”).
Noun[edit]
pyrargyrite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrargyrites)
- (mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral used as a silver ore; it is dark red or black in color with a metallic adamantine luster, a sulfide of antimony and silver, Ag3SbS3, and occurs in rhombohedral crystals.
- Synonym: ruby silver
Translations[edit]
a mineral, silver sulfantimonide
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Further reading[edit]
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Pyrargyrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “pyrargyrite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
pyrargyrite f (plural pyrargyrites)
Further reading[edit]
- “pyrargyrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.